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What's an emergency?
>> We're up on Arthur's seat near the very
top of it. Uh we heard someone screaming
and there's a guy here. He said his wife
had fallen off the edge. I think
>> Foia Jav here with her husband,
>> the man who killed her.
>> But Foia had her own life, too. In this
Channel 4 documentary, we learn about
Foia, the successful lawyer, the woman
who volunteered for multiple charities
and Foia, the beloved daughter,
because I know the pain and grief I'm
going through.
And I don't want another mother or
family going through this.
You know, I go to sleep broken and and
in pain. And I wake up broken and in
pain. There's no rest bite from me. My
life has been destroyed to the core.
>> In 2023, Cashifanoir was convicted of
murdering Foia. She was pregnant at the
time. She'd suffered violent and
coercive abuse during their marriage.
Foia spoke twice to West Yorkshire
police about Anoir's behavior. What Foia
went through included honorbased abuse,
though it wasn't mentioned in the trial.
Honor-based abuse includes honor
motivated killings, female genital
mutilation and forced marriage. Till
now, different organizations from the
Crown Prosecution Service to police
forces to social services have had
different definitions and that's left
victims and survivors feeling unseen and
unheard.
Today, the government says it will
legally define honorbased abuse. In
summary, it's controlling, coercive, or
violent behavior that's perpetrated by
family, extended family, andor community
members, as well as intimate partners.
>> These two women know each other well.
Jess Phillips and Natasha Ratu.
>> It's nice to be back in Leeds where I
used to live.
>> One's in government, one's in charity,
and to achieve change, they need one
another.
>> Women shouldn't have to feel that their
only way out is suicide. Yeah.
It will help with colleating reliable
trustworthy data against one definition.
But most importantly, people that go
through this feel that their experiences
aren't validated in law. It's not
recognized or understood.
There are an estimated 12 honor killings
each year in the UK, although the exact
number is unknown. The government will
also launch a community engagement
campaign to raise awareness.
But first things first, the legal
definition. When will that happen?
>> The bit where you write it actually down
on goat skin and wrap it up and put it
under the Houses of Parliament on a big
wheel uh will take the time that
parliamentary bills take.
>> Yeah, of course. I suppose it makes
people feel seen, doesn't it, to know? I
hope so.
>> That this form of abuse, which is so
horrific, has a definition. It just it's
important. one of the arguments that
I've heard for it today. Um, look, it's
important for me from the point of view
of professionals on the front line
having the proper tools and guidance to
deal with this. That that's important.
But what I've heard today actually uh
and many times over is the need for
those who perpetrate this crime to
understand
that it is wrong. It is a form of abuse.
It's an important message to
perpetrators and also to statutory
authorities like the police for example.
So will police officers receive special
in-depth training?
>> So one of the other things that the
government um is investing in is the
center for violence against women and
girls and public protection. um the
first time that policing has had a
center specifically to look at the
expertise in policing on this and they
will be undertaking a piece of work on
both training within police forces but
also really specifically how police
forces identify this risk. In some
forces, officers aren't correctly
recording the offense on the system or
even remembering to.
>> Yeah, I think I like just like, you
know,
something happened in the future.
>> Foia had told an officer she was going
to leave her husband, but wasn't advised
that this put her at higher risk of
abuse. Foia's mother still feels she's
waiting for answers from West Yorkshire
Police.
What did you do to safeguard my
daughter?
Why did you allow this to happen?
And not just for Fosia, but many
victims up and down the country.
Why did you not do the assessments
properly?
She came to you. She told you
everything.
The force told us the circumstances
prior to Foier's murder are subject to a
domestic homicide review to identify
lessons that can be learned.
>> Absolutely. I think deciding to leave
your family is a massive thing and
>> without organizations such as Karma
Nirvana, victims and survivors would
have no safety net. Honor-based abuse
impacts thousands of women from
different communities. Today marks a
small step forward for them.